Outside the Walls
By A L Butcher and Diana L Wicker
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When the tide of war flows many are caught in its wake. Who will gain entry to the city and who will be forced to remain outside the walls?
A short fantasy tale of love, loyalty and courage in war.
A L Butcher
British-born Alexandra Butcher (a/k/a A. L. Butcher) is an avid reader and creator of worlds, a poet, and a dreamer, a lover of science, natural history, history, and monkeys. Her prose has been described as ‘dark and gritty’ and her poetry as evocative. She writes with a sure and sometimes erotic sensibility of things that might have been, never were, but could be.
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Outside the Walls - A L Butcher
Outside the Walls
A short fantasy tale of love and courage
By A. L. Butcher and Diana. L. Wicker
First featured in Bellator © 2014.
This edition – revised and expanded 2015, 2016 © A.L Butcher and Diana L. Wicker.
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ISBN 978131077142
The right of A. L. Butcher and Diana L. Wicker to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The world of Havenforth and the characters herein are the property of the authors. Any similarity to actual persons is purely coincidental.
Cover art © Kristina Stasiuliene – Fotolia.com
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Duchess Eleanor Reslin stood at the top of the city keep watching the amber rays of the newly risen sun over the crystal blue waters of the lake. The sight was breath taking in its majesty, and she breathed in the cool, fresh air, thinking it was as glorious now as when she’d first set eyes on it. She’d missed it in the last few months.
Those who had once fled the discontent and unrest of the eastern lands called it the Light of Hope
in the soft, lilting language of those who had first crossed the craggy rocks and deep snows to find this land. Now it was just the Golden Waters, probably more so for the gold brought into the city than the beauty of the sunrise. At this time of the morning the sun was twinned in reflection, and Eleanor smiled to see its magnificence. There had not been much to smile about of late but this sight filled her soul with joy. Whatever happened, whatever life brought the sun would rise and cast her light on the lake and bring this. She had to remember that.
The discontent in the lands beyond the valley from which the ancestors of these people had fled seemed to have followed them at long last. War had come, and with it disease, poverty, fear and unease, and now they were banging at the gates.
The early morn had the chill of springtime and it whipped the woollen mantle about her shoulders. Cold air nipped fingers but this was the best vantage spot in the town, and so she stayed, rubbing her hands and wishing she had remembered to bring gloves. In the morning after her return she had been so eager to look out on the city and the beautiful sunrise that it had slipped her mind.
As the